Akkk-Header Gaskets

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This weekend on Saturady I take the Gremlin out early in the morning to get a new stereo installed. Three quarters of
the way there, a strange sound emits from the engine compartment. I pull over and it is as I feared, header bolts have
worked loose, I have no wrench in hand, the header gasked is defintelty blown.

Yesterday I bought a set of header gaskets, the new kind, not paper, I spent 3 and 1/2 hours installing one side, put
all the plug wires back on, reconnect the battery and start it up - akkk, it still is ticking! Not as bad as before, but
it is still obvious I have a header leak.

On installation I tightened the bolts from the middle to the outside.

What did I do wrong, I have done this before (with paper gaskets) and they worked fine, any suggestions from people on
the list?

Thanks in advance,
Kim Bueler

'75 Gremlin X 360 V8